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Senior Research Consultant Dr. Kevin Gillen's new report on the impact of Philadelphia's tax abatement system has sparked debate as City Council considers changes to the system.
You can read the full report here.
You can also read some of the coverage in Axis Philly and the Philadelphia Business Journal (subscription required).
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WHYY recently interviewed Fels Senior Research Consultant Dr.
Kevin Gillen about a report challenging Mayor Nutter's Actual Value Initiative (AVI) to reassess property values in Philadlephia.
For the full audio and transcript of the interview click here.
To learn more about Dr. Kevin Gillen, please click here.
By Sam Williford, Associate Consultant, Graduating in May 2013
This past Friday, the NY Times posted a blog titled “What It Takes to Create a Start-Up Community." The article briefly mentions well known entrepreneurial areas, such as Silicon Valley, Austin, and the Research Triangle in North Carolina. However, much of the article is spent discussing the efforts of individuals in...
An article in Axis Philly cites Fels Senior Research Consultant Dr. Kevin Gillen's work on housing prices in explaining the muted reaction of homeowners in Philadelphia to the property reassessments being considered by City Council.
For the full article click here.
To learn more about Dr. Kevin Gillen, please click here.
By Associate Consultant Tess Mullen, MPA ‘13
This week, people around the world banded together to celebrate Earth Day. Here in Philadelphia, community members planted gardens, learned about the work of local green organizations and discovered various ways they could lead more sustainable lives. While Earth Day provides an important time during which people can reflect on how to better care for...
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Fels Senior Research Consultant Dr. Kevin Gillen continues to be the "go-to" housing expert for local and national media outlets. He was recently quoted by both the Wall Street Journal and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Check out the links below to read the full articles.
For the Wall Street Journal click here.
For the Philadelphia Inquirer click here and here.
To learn more about Dr. Kevin...
Photo: Late Philadelphia Councilman David Cohen
By Alan Sable, Fels '14 and Associate ConsultantIf you follow Philadelphia’s ongoing budget battles even casually you have probably heard that Philadelphia has one of the highest business tax burdens of any city in America. Councilman Bill Green has said this is indicative of the “business-unfriendly culture in the City.” Yet, a closer look at...
By Eric Rabe, Fels Senior Advisor
For instant official and unofficial information on the horrific events in Boston on Monday (4-15-2013) the place to turn was Twitter.
Twitter-ers were sending news of the blasts at the finish line of the Boston Marathon at least ten minutes before the national TV networks were on the story.
As I noted yesterday, the Boston Police Department immediately...
By Eric Rabe, Fels Senior Advisor
Within minutes of reports of an explosion at the finish of today’s Boston Marathon, the Boston police had turned to social media.
Rightly assuming that many of those in the area of the explosions might only have access to mobile phones, Boston police immediately began posting on Twitter. The first Twitter posts instructed people to leave the area of the...
Fels Senior Research Consultant Dr. Kevin Gillen was interviewed by The Philadelphia Inquirer and Axis Philly about housing prices in Philadelphia.
The Inquirer article describes Dr. Gillen as one of the local experts that provides Philadelphia critical information on housing prices. The full article can be found here.
In the Axis Philly article Dr. Gillen is interviewed about the effects of...
